Clinton Wins South Carolina Primary

[fenchurchly]

BREAKING: @HillaryClinton has won the South Carolina Democratic primary, CNN projects. https://t.co/31oEEDhz5V pic.twitter.com/KY1hwKPOha
- CNN (@CNN) February 28, 2016

As expected, the primary was called for Clinton shortly after the polls closed in the state.

Of note, African American voters came out in higher numbers than they did in 2008. 6 out

Comments

[stellar_kar]

lol only 12% of people turned out to vote so idk this isn't as big a victory as I expected for her tbh. But like if you were serious I don't think the recount would take long

[fenchurchly]

Fuuuckkk, really? Damn.

[rainbows_]

Breaking News: Hillary Clinton wins South Carolina primary, dealing a blow to Bernie Sanders https://t.co/ooRnAui5p5 pic.twitter.com/snh70fpFeq
- The New York Times (@nytimes) February 28, 2016

[spidergwen]

She even got the youth vote!! Sanders' narrative is slowly chipping away.

[redstar826]

where are you seeing that she got the youth vote? The exit polls in the article linked in that tweet show Bernie winning voters age 17-29 63% to 37%

[spidergwen]

MSNBC says she had 53% of the under 45 to Bernie's 47%.

Also youth turnout was like 13%. Not great for Bernie and his revolution.

[spidergwen]

yasss!!!! I'm really hope this is the beginning of the end of the primary soon. Imma need one of the candidates to take on Trump as early as possible.

[fenchurchly]

I'm a Bernie supporter but I think this is the beginning of the end (as expected). Super Tuesday is going to be the final nail unless something insane happens.

[spidergwen]

I think Chuck Todd's right about Bernie going for a survival strategy and not a winning on. I said this awhile ago but I honestly believe Sanders and his supporters are getting the same fate Clinton and her supporters got in 2008.

I also believe Sanders when he says he's not stopping til July.

[fenchurchly]

Interesting! I can totally buy that.

[rainbows_]

ONTD_P, any predictions for Super Tuesday?

[spidergwen]

Clinton does better than projected and widens the gap even further between her and Bernie.

[sweetmizre]

I think Bernie will get Vermont.

I believe Hillary will get the rest.

[sweetmizre]

Ah, this is exciting!

Proud of the black vote turnout :)

... but as a side note, I do think both parties need to widen their "minority net" because it is too narrow right now but I get it in the context of SC.

[spidergwen]

Much like Hollywood, PoC probably solely means black people to these political pundits. Smh

[fenchurchly]

Totally, but in the case of SC it does seem appropriate to talk about considering:

[sweetmizre]

I agree, in SC it definitely made sense to focus on the black vote.

It doesn't bode well for Sanders to be the Democratic candidate with the majority white backing & very few minorities ... it's the beginning of the end